Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to travel round Northern England from May 1st

I'm subscribed to the Go Fourth mailing list, and former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has announced his plans to "take our message around the North, covering 12 towns and cities and eight counties in just 100 hours".

Starting on May 1 in Liverpool with Eddie Izzard, Prescott will then visit Warrington, Manchester, Keighley, Leeds, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Chesterfield, York, Bridlington, finishing in Hull on Bank Holiday Monday May 4, a month before the June 4 European and county elections.

He'll be travelling in a mini-bus.

Why politicans don't use public transport to travel on campaigns I do not understand. It would set a good example.

In order to raise money, Prescott, Alastair Campbell, Dick Caborn and Glenys Kinnock have signed 100 copies of his excellent autobiography Prezza, and will give one away to the first 100 donations of £50 or more to GoFourth.co.uk.

So if you live in any of the mentioned towns and cities, keep a look out for John Prescott in a minibus.